题目内容
【题目】阅读下面材料,在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
The "cello chair"
I have always loved the rich sound of the cello(大提琴). 【1】, as a young journalist in New York in the late 1970s, I never imagined that I could play one
One day, I【2】(mistake) knocked on the wrong door in an office building. An elderly man opened the door, and behind him were a dark cello and a【3】(wood) chair with the design of a lyre (里拉琴) on it.
For a moment, I forgot【4】I was looking for. I asked, "Do you play the cello?"
“Yes," he said. "Do you want to become one of my students?"
“Yes," I responded, almost 【5】thinking.
When I had my first lesson a few days later, I told the teacher, Heinrich Joachim, that I【6】(answer) yes on impulse(冲动)."I'm not sure whether I can be a musician, "I said. Mr. J assured me that with practice and 【7】 (devote) to the instrument, I could become【8】. I told him that I'd once had a beautiful voice, but finally I lost it. "The cello," Mr. J promised, "will give you back your voice." I bought a cello and began to go for weekly lessons. "Don't just listen to the sound. Feel it!" said Mr. J I made steady progress. I studied with him for seven years, until I got 【9】(marry).
Mr. J died in 2002. Soon afterwards, I received a special【10】from his son, Andrew - Mr. J's “cello chair".
【答案】
【1】However
【2】mistakenly
【3】wooden
【4】what
【5】without
【6】had answered
【7】devotion
【8】one
【9】married
【10】gift
【解析】
本文是记叙文,叙述了作者是一名纽约的年轻记者时,因为敲错门结果结识了自己的老师Heinrich Joachim,在老师帮助下作者学习拉大提琴,后来老师去世后,把自己的“大提琴椅”作为一份礼物的送给了作者。
【1】考查副词。句意:但是,上世纪70年代末,作为纽约的一名年轻记者,我从未想过自己能拉大提琴。空格前的一句叙述的是:我一直很喜欢大提琴那浑厚的声音。前后是转折关系,空格后有逗号,所以用however但是。故填However。
【2】考查副词。句意: 有一天,我在办公楼里敲错了门。所给的词mistake名词,错误;动词,弄错。这里不能用动词,因为空格后用的是动词形式。空格后是动词,所以应该用副词修饰动词,是故填mistakenly。
【3】考查形容词。句意: 一位老人打开门,身后是一把黑色的大提琴和一把木椅,上面有一把里拉琴的图案。空格后是名词,这里用形容词修饰名词,表明是木制的椅子。故填wooden。
【4】考查宾语从句的连接词。句意:一时,我忘了我在找什么。这里空格前后都是句子,所以空格处缺少连接词,空格后的句子缺少动词forget的宾语,所以应该用what作宾语。故填what。
【5】考查介词。句意:是的,我几乎不假思索地回答。空格后是动名词的形式,所以用介词。根据上文For a moment, I forgot___4___I was looking for.可知,作者看到大提琴的时候,就忘了在找什么,所以当对方问,你想拉大提琴吗?你想成为我的学生们吗?所以作者就不假思索地回答了。without没有。故填without。
【6】考查过去完成时。句意: 几天后,当我上第一节课时,我告诉老师Heinrich Joachim我是一时冲动答应了。这里told发生在过去,答应老师做他的学生发生在told之前,也就是说发生在过去的过去。所以应该用过去完成时。故填had answered。
【7】考查名词。句意: Heinrich Joachim 向我保证,通过练习和对乐器的热爱,我可以成为一名音乐家。and连接的单词前后是并列关系,and前是名词,所以空格处也用名词,devote是动词,其名词是devotion,故填devotion。
【8】考查代词。句意: Heinrich Joachim 向我保证,通过练习和对乐器的热爱,我可以成为一名音乐家。根据上文I'm not sure whether I can be a musician可知,空格处代替前文的出现的名词a musician,故填one。
【9】考查固定搭配。句意: 我和他一起学习了七年,直到我结婚。短语get married结婚,强调的是动作。故填married。
【10】考查名词。句意: Joachim先生于2002年去世。不久之后,我收到了他儿子安德鲁送给我的一份特别的礼物—先生的“大提琴椅”。空前是冠词+形容词,所以空格处必须用名词的单数形式,根据Mr. J's “cello chair".可知,这是老师送给的礼物。故填gift。